Aegean Airlines announces new code-share agreement with bmi. Six new destinations in United Kingdom and Ireland.

Aegean Airlines, Greece’s largest airline and bmi, a member of Star Alliance, have recently signed a commercial co-operation agreement including the operation of the route Athens/London in code-share with significant benefits to be offered to both companies’ customers.

Entering into force οn October 25th, with the move of Aegean’s operation to London Heathrow, the code share will allow Aegean Airlines to offer 6 new onward connections via a transfer in London: Manchester, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Belfast and the Capital of Ireland, Dublin. The partnership will also allow bmi to offer 4 new onward connections via a transfer in Athens: Thessaloniki, Heraklion, Chania and Rhodes.

All flights will carry both companies’ codes ('A3' and 'BD').

Continuously striving to meet its Customers higher expectations, AEGEAN keeps pursuing the enhancement of its network along with the upgrade of its product as top priorities. The cooperation with bmi, which reinforces the travel options made available to customers between Greece and United Kingdom, is another step in this direction.  With this cooperation AEGEAN has expanded its network in United Kingdom offering additional flights to Manchester, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Belfast and the Capital of Ireland, Dublin and in the same time, multiple choices to its passengers.

“We’re very happy with this important new partnership, which will allow us to extend our network reaching 6 destinations in United Kingdom and Ireland  and benefit from the experience and the professional know how of bmi. Our passengers will welcome the onward connections to Manchester, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Belfast and Dublin” said Dimitris Gerogiannis, CEO Aegean Airlines.

” bmi are delighted to team up with Aegean Airlines whose high quality product and service ethic closely matches our own customer proposition, with an expansion that aligns very well to the further growth of our Star Alliance partnerships. We look forward to offering our customers the opportunity to travel on the new service between Heathrow and Athens, and in the future to further Greek destinations, as well as offering same terminal connections to and from our UK and Ireland destinations”, commented Dominic Paul, Managing Director bmi mainline.

About Aegean Airlines

Aegean Airlines is the largest Greek carrier. The company currently operates a fleet of 33 aircraft with an average age of 2 years in its scheduled flights. Aegean services 52 routes on Greek and international destinations, performing 200 flights per day. Aegean has been accepted and is in the process of joining STAR ALLIANCE, the strongest alliance in the world.  AEGEAN recently received the Skytrax World Airline award as the best regional airline in Europe for 2009.

About bmi

bmi is the second largest airline at London Heathrow, one of the world's busiest and best-connected international airports. From its Heathrow hub it operates flights to more than 30 destinations within the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa. bmi Regional is the wholly-owned subsidiary airline within the group, operating smaller business jets from regional UK airports to 15 destinations across Europe.